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14 - 26 February: Mozambique Waders, Migrants and other specials (including Basra Reed Warbler)

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The birding in Southern and Central Mozambique varies with season and locality. This trip focuses on:

The waders of the Inhambane area (Crab Plover, Great Knot)
The Panda Woodlands (Olive-headed Weaver)
The Coastal wetlands North of Beira (Locust Finch, Great Snipe, Great Bittern, Copper Sunbird, Lesser Seedcracker)
Riverine reedbeds for Basra Reed Warbler (also Anchieta's Tchagra)
Lowlands Forest of the Coutadas (African Pitta*, White-chested Alethe, Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo, East Coast Akalat, Madagascar Cuckoo)
Forest Edge for Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah and Zambezi Indigobird
Highland Forest for Blackap and Garden Warbler
Miombo Woodland for Collared Flycatcher

The trip is two weeks long and can be booked as a self-drive (2-way radios provided) or "Drive with us" option. For this trip, 4x4 vehicles are required. Accomodation is in comfortable chalets/lodges throughout.

SUMMARY

Basra Reed Warbler by Mike Pope

Late summer is a very interesting time to visit central Mozambique and the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe, as many sought-after species like Zambezi Indigobird, Black-winged Bishop and Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah are in full breeding plumage. This is an excellent time of year for Migrants, both Intra-african and Palearctic migrants, and these include MEGAS like African Pitta*, Madagascar Cuckoo, Great Snipe, Collared Flycatcher, Blackcap and perhaps one of the most sought-after of all migrants, the Basra Reed-Warbler.

This trip is inspired by the location in 2011 (on two trips) of Basra Reed Warbler along the Zambezi and and on another river further south. Participants in a trip we ran in March 2011 had excellent views of a Basra Reed Warbler inside the Southern African Birding Region.

* While African Pitta is present and possible, a better time for this species is early December.

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Itinerary (Provisional)

Day 1 South Africa to Xai-Xai
Day 2 Xai-Xai to Inharrime (Caju Afrique)
Day 3 Panda Woodlands and on to Inhambane
Day 4 Inhambane area
Day 5 Inhanbane to Rio Save Game Reserve
Day 6 Rio Save GR to Beira
Day 7 Rio Savane area (Beira)
Day 8 Beira to Catapu (Mphingwe Camp)
Day 9 Full Day Catapu/Coutadas
Day 10 Full Day Catapu/Coutadas/Zambezi
Day 11 Full Day Catapu/Coutadas/Zambezi
Day 12 Catapu to tne Bvumba
Day 13 Bvumba Mutare area
Day 14 Drive back to South Africa
Day 15 Optional extra day to drive home

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